Microsoft Vista: Advice from A Current User

[Canuck_4_Life]

...essentially leaving me with a free copy of ultimate.

It's still over-priced.

If it fries one of my hard drives, then I'll be bitter...........

[obs]

At this point in time, if you're happy with XP or ME

Nobody should even be running WinME, much less be happy with it.


There's a major bug in Vista, where it takes forever to copy files (Hmm, can't find the article where I read it).

Be sure to us vLite to create your own custom Vista install CD. It lets you rip out all the garbage you don't want installed . There's also nLite for XP/2000.

[smphantom]

Nobody should even be running WinME, much less be happy with it.

I resemble that remark! I have ME on my 6 yr old desktop, and with the exception of the occasional "blue screen of death", it hasn't been too bad. I think having a lot of RAM helps ME perform better.

We are still on XP at work, and my Dell Notebook I bought last November came with XP, of which I am in no hurry to switch over to Vista. :no:

[Canuck_4_Life]

Nobody should even be running WinME, much less be happy with it.

I resemble that remark! I have ME on my 6 yr old desktop, and with the exception of the occasional "blue screen of death", it hasn't been too bad. I think having a lot of RAM helps ME perform better.

We are still on XP at work, and my Dell Notebook I bought last November came with XP, of which I am in no hurry to switch over to Vista. :no:

Do you do anything overly taxing to ME?

I managed to get 5 blue screens within 2hrs, trying to do some graphic design.

[Sir Purrcival]

ME was a horrible operating system. While it might work passably for the odd user, its awfulness is probably as close as the PC world will ever come to consensus.

[Soundy]

What about BOB?

[smphantom]

What about BOB?

LOL! I forgot that BOB existed.

http://www.dans20thcenturyabandonware.com/ms-bob.html

[Canuck_4_Life]

If anyone was considering a new system, AMD has dropped their prices, and a few of their models, in an effort to compete with Intel. Some of their models saw a 30% drop or more in price.

NCIX generally has the cheapest prices around.

[Rammer]

Nobody should even be running WinME, much less be happy with it.

I resemble that remark! I have ME on my 6 yr old desktop, and with the exception of the occasional "blue screen of death", it hasn't been too bad. I think having a lot of RAM helps ME perform better.

We are still on XP at work, and my Dell Notebook I bought last November came with XP, of which I am in no hurry to switch over to Vista. :no:

Careful there. 8)

[Harderfindings]

Easiest Solution is to get a Mac! :lol:

[Sir Purrcival]

My Unwarranted Smugness Detector just went off!

[bbgirl]

I'm eeeeeeevil!

That's why I love you.